The Seinfeld creator went on to explain that comedians have been "navigating these slalom gates forever" -- modifying controversial standup routines to score prestigious prime time TV gigs.

"Look, when I started out, there were dirty comedians — well, if you want to get on The Tonight Show, you can't use any of those words. And a lot of us went, 'OK. I still want to play. I'll play.' Here's a new rule, we're cutting this out. 'OK, I'll get around that.' So, that's our thing. It's like Lindsey Vonn: Wherever you put the gates, I'm going to make them."

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"I think Kevin's going to be fine, you know," Seinfeld said in the TV interview. "But finding another Kevin Hart, that's not so easy. He's a brilliant guy with a movie career."

Critics have pointed out that this week's controversy isn't actually about playing by the censorship rules of television, the popularity of Hart or whether the Academy is having a hard time finding a new host.